State v. Mason’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

23 state decisions

Most-quoted passages

The sentences later courts lift from this opinion, ranked by how many decisions quote each — the parts of the opinion doing the work. These counts are smaller than the citation total above because most of the 23 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “'A criminal sentence is effective upon pronouncement from the bench; it does not derive its effectiveness from the journal entry. A journal entry that imposes a sentence at variance with that pronounced from the bench is erroneous and must be corrected to reflect the actual sentence imposed.'”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. State v. Eubanks

2. “The journal entry of sentencing can be corrected by a nunc pro tunc order so that it reflects the actual sentence pronounced from the bench, which was a legal sentence.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. State v. Edwards

3. “'no reasonable person would have taken the view adopted by the trial court.'”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. State v. Boswell